China News Service, April 6 (Xinhua) According to the website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, April 6 is the last day of the Tomb-Sweeping Festival holiday, and the number of people praying and sweeping continues to fall compared with yesterday.
According to statistics from the Tomb Sweeping Day Ceremony and Sweeping Work Office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, today there are 56,700 funeral service agencies across the country providing on-site mourning and sweeping services, with a total of 301,600 staff participating in service guarantee work; a total of 8.2243 million people were received on-site to mourn and sweep, and to facilitate the mourning and sweeping services. There were 1.7038 million mass vehicles, a decrease of 43.7% and 45.3% respectively compared with yesterday; among them, 6.0701 million people chose the green and low-carbon method of memorial sweeps, accounting for 73.8% of the total number of on-site memorial sweeps; 1,338 online memorial sweeps platforms were opened across the country. The service network visited 1,420,700 people; national funeral service agencies buried a total of 9,400 ashes, of which 641 adopted ecological burial methods such as sea burial and tree burial, accounting for 6.8% of the total number of burials on that day.
Civil affairs departments and funeral service agencies in various places have strictly implemented various safety management measures, done a solid job in ensuring mass memorial and sweeping activities, carried out services that are convenient and beneficial to the people, continued to optimize service processes, constantly promoted the change of customs, and advocated green and civilized memorial and sweeping activities. So far, no security emergencies have occurred in funeral service institutions across the country, and mass memorial and sweeping activities are safe, stable and orderly.
With the end of the Tomb-Sweeping Festival holiday, the mass gathering activities are coming to an end, but some people will still carry out memorial sweeps in the following period. The Ministry of Civil Affairs' Tomb Sweeping Day Ceremony and Sweeping Office reminds the general public to pay attention to safety, green travel, and civilized and low-carbon sacrifices and sweeps, and continues to guide local civil affairs departments and funeral service agencies to strengthen safety production awareness, strictly implement safety management requirements, and do a good job in service guarantee. Meet the needs of the masses for sacrifices and sweeps, and ensure that sacrifices and sweeps are green, civilized, safe and orderly.